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A federal judge in Georgia has declined to block several provisions of a sweeping election law while multiple legal challenges play out.Several left-wing advocacy and civil rights groups, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ, sued in 2021 after Republican state lawmakers passed the measure amid claims about election fraud in the state in 2020. Those lawsuits claim that black voters are now denied equal access to voting, which violates the Voting Rights Act.“Plaintiffs have not shown, at least at this stage of the proceedings, that any of the provisions have a disparate impact on black voters,” U.S....

Remember all the conniption fits thrown by much of the media last year over the new Georgia election law in which liberals declared it amounted to voter suppression? Even big companies in Georgia such as Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola went woke in denouncing the law. Major League Baseball also joined the political fray by moving the All-Star baseball game scheduled to be played in Atlanta out of the state.Well, never mind. There has been a big change in voter turnout under the new law but instead of a suppressed vote, it has actually surged according to a report on page...

DALLAS (NewsNation Now) — All eyes have been on Georgia, but the fight over voting rights is very much heating up in Texas with some calling it the next battleground state for this issue and how to navigate future elections.

Stacey Abrams looked me straight in the face from her twitter video, smiled, and lied to me. She revealed her utter contempt for her opponents -- whom she has libeled as unregenerate racists, and her supporters, whom she believes too stupid to check facts for themselves. Her lie: Georgia’s new election laws are worse than Segregation’s Jim Crow laws -- in fact, they are Jim Crow 2.0! The worst insult I can give is to call someone a liar. To know the truth and to say its opposite is to reveal a deep emptiness of the soul. But Stacey Abrams...

After initially supporting corporate boycotts against Georgia, activist and failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams seems to have done an about-face. After the state’s Republican leadership enacted voting laws, several corporations including Major League Baseball and Delta Airlines have responded by engaging in the usual empty virtue-signaling to pander to Democrats who are pretending the legislation is a return to Jim Crow.Last week, the voting rights activist argued against boycotts in a released statement.“I respect boycotts,” she said, “although I don’t want to see Georgia families hurt by lost events and jobs. Georgians targeted by voter suppression will be hurt as...

Once upon a time, companies did their best to avoid stepping into politics, knowing that it could be harmful to their bottom line, something companies are always concerned about.But now, they seem to be completely embracing Democratic talking points, falsely thinking that’s going to save their bottom line. How wrong they are.We saw Delta, Coke, and Major League Baseball all go over the slide on the new Georgia election law. Now United Airlines appears to want to join them in folly. If you thought their mission was about flying people places, think again. Apparently not.pic.twitter.com/7VHIRzpU9N— United Airlines (@united) April 5,...

ARLINGTON, Texas — On the morning of the Texas Rangers home opener — a game that will likely host 40,000 fans — Texas governor Greg Abbott is taking a stand against Major League Baseball. "Thank you for the invitation to throw out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers' home opening game," Abbot said in a letter to Rangers COO Neil Leibman. "I was looking forward to it—until Major League Baseball adopted what has turned out to be a false narrative about the election law reforms in Georgia, and, based on that false narrative, moved the MLB All-Star Game from...

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The PGA Tour and the PGA of America on Saturday each issued statements in response to Georgia's controversial new voting laws, with the Tour saying it will not move its season-ending event to be played in the state in August. The Masters Tournament, which begins this week at Augusta National Golf Club, is expected to address the matter Wednesday when chairman Fred Ridley holds his annual pretournament news conference. The PGA Tour's season-ending FedEx Cup playoff event, the Tour Championship, is played annually at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The PGA of America runs the KPMG...

Political pundits and independent fact-checkers are pushing back on some of President Joe Biden’s claims about a newly passed Georgia law that will reform the state’s election laws and procedures.Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga., signed into law the “Election Integrity Act of 2021” last week, much to the chagrin of Democratic politicians in his state and around the country. The measure comes shortly after the 2020 presidential election, where allegations of fraud caused many to doubt the legitimacy of the results. Following the passage of the bill, Biden described the measure as an “atrocity,” alleging that the bill has a provision...

South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan announced on Friday his intent to propose legislation that would strip the Major League Baseball association of its antitrust exemption, claiming the league's aggressive stance against Georgia's recent election reform bill has rendered it open to more federal oversight. The MLB announced on Friday its intent to move the 2021 All-Star game out of Georgia over that state's recent package of election reforms that included voter I.D. requirements and other security measures. On Twitter on Friday afternoon, Duncan wrote that "In light of [the league's] stance to undermine election integrity laws, I have instructed my...

I’m not going to jail, at least not for voting. That means good news for me, and a chance to keep Coloradans’ trust in our election results, but only if the new General Assembly is willing to act on the terrible election law passed last year. While anti-gun legislation dominated the media during the last Colorado legislative session, the most dangerous bill passed was a revamp of our voting laws. Thanks to House Bill 1303, Colorado is now the poster child for sloppy election law. Not only does a cable TV or phone bill serve as a valid form of...